After abuse: Early intervention services for infants and toddlers (snapshot # 54)
Identify common warning signs of developmental delay or sensory impairments in young children and describe how to access screening for those children in Virginia.
Using the two references above answer the following questions
Define what is meant by a 'developmental delay'.
What are risk factor for a developmental delay?
Name 3 warning signs of a developmental delay in the following categories:
Behavioral
Gross Motor
Vision
Hearing
What is meant by a developmental screening? Who performs developmental screenings in Virginia?
To whom might you refer parents if you have a concern about a young child in Virginia?
Using your 'Developmental Milestones' as a reference, determine whether the child in the scenario below should be screened for developmental delays.
Donald is a little boy of 38 months in your child care setting. He is beginning to talk but tends to imitate what he hears others say or commercials he has heard on television, rather than talking with peers or asking for something he might want. Donald will play in the same area as his peers but does not seem to be interested in playing with his peers. Donald enjoys playing with trains and blocks but rather than build with blocks, he will often line them up with the trains in his play. When peers try to become involved in his play he often gets upset and gathers his toys in his arms. Donald is not responding to his name consistently when called. Donald is very good at memorizing. Although he has few words he is able to name colors, numbers and letters! His parents report that he enjoys watching television shows that feature this type of early learning. Donald is not yet using a spoon independently, when teachers attempt to assist him with using utensils he becomes very frustrated and will scream. Donald prefers to continue to use his hands to pick up food. Donald is not yet able to use scissors and will often avoid fine motor tasks such as beading as he is not yet able to place a large bead on a string. He does enjoy playing with play dough in the form of squashing it or using utensils to make holes in it Donald tends to get upset when it is time to stop an activity he is enjoying and needs lots of encouragement in the form of hand over hand assistance to help with cleaning up toys. Donald likes to ride on tricycles outside by pushing the bike with his feet and he can run without stumbling.
Amended Objective related to guiding daily routines in the Early childhood classroom:
Modified Objective 3:
Explain the importance of guiding daily routines and group activities for all children in your classroom. Describe how creating social stories will assist children who have difficulties with the expectations around routines and group activities.
Resource: "Young Children"
120 E -Activity One
Synopsis For toddlers and preschoolers who have difficulty separating from parents to begin their school experience, personalized short social stories can help them join the classroom community. Stories like these, used to support social and emotional development of children with autism spectrum disorders, offer children general information about what will happen and when it will happen. The authors discuss the four elements of a social story and present several examples.
Briody, J., & K. McGarry. 2005. Using social stories to ease children's transitions. Young Children 60 (5): 38-42. Online in Beyond the Journal, September 2005
Assignment:
What is a social story? Name some times you might be able to use this strategy in your classroom for specific children? for all children?
How do social stories help support social and emotional development of young children?
Write a Social Story having to do with one of the routine activities of your day. Be sure to include the four major elements of a social story.
CHD 120
Supplemental Resources
Resource : Frank Porter Graham Snapshots http://www.fpg.unc.edu/news/fpg_snapshots.cfm (Primary site)
After abuse: Early intervention services for infants and toddlers (snapshot # 54)Identify common warning signs of developmental delay or sensory impairments in young children and describe how to access screening for those children in Virginia.
Activity: Warning Signs for Developmental Delay:
Infant/ Toddler Connection of Virginia
http://www.infantva.org/documents/pr-ReferralGuide.pdfAssignment
Using the two references above answer the following questions
Define what is meant by a 'developmental delay'.
Using your 'Developmental Milestones' as a reference, determine whether the child in the scenario below should be screened for developmental delays.
Donald is a little boy of 38 months in your child care setting. He is beginning to talk but tends to imitate what he hears others say or commercials he has heard on television, rather than talking with peers or asking for something he might want. Donald will play in the same area as his peers but does not seem to be interested in playing with his peers. Donald enjoys playing with trains and blocks but rather than build with blocks, he will often line them up with the trains in his play. When peers try to become involved in his play he often gets upset and gathers his toys in his arms. Donald is not responding to his name consistently when called. Donald is very good at memorizing. Although he has few words he is able to name colors, numbers and letters! His parents report that he enjoys watching television shows that feature this type of early learning. Donald is not yet using a spoon independently, when teachers attempt to assist him with using utensils he becomes very frustrated and will scream. Donald prefers to continue to use his hands to pick up food. Donald is not yet able to use scissors and will often avoid fine motor tasks such as beading as he is not yet able to place a large bead on a string. He does enjoy playing with play dough in the form of squashing it or using utensils to make holes in it Donald tends to get upset when it is time to stop an activity he is enjoying and needs lots of encouragement in the form of hand over hand assistance to help with cleaning up toys. Donald likes to ride on tricycles outside by pushing the bike with his feet and he can run without stumbling.
Amended Objective related to guiding daily routines in the Early childhood classroom:
Modified Objective 3:
Explain the importance of guiding daily routines and group activities for all children in your classroom. Describe how creating social stories will assist children who have difficulties with the expectations around routines and group activities.
120 E -Activity One
Synopsis For toddlers and preschoolers who have difficulty separating from parents to begin their school experience, personalized short social stories can help them join the classroom community. Stories like these, used to support social and emotional development of children with autism spectrum disorders, offer children general information about what will happen and when it will happen. The authors discuss the four elements of a social story and present several examples.Briody, J., & K. McGarry. 2005. Using social stories to ease children's transitions. Young Children 60 (5): 38-42. Online in Beyond the Journal, September 2005
Assignment:
What is a social story? Name some times you might be able to use this strategy in your classroom for specific children? for all children?
How do social stories help support social and emotional development of young children?
Write a Social Story having to do with one of the routine activities of your day. Be sure to include the four major elements of a social story.
Additional examples of social stories from: http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/strategies.html#scriptedstories